Device for forming box-toes on shoes.



A. J. BUCH. DEVICE FOR FORMING BOX TOES 0N SHOES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, I9). LlFQL Patented 0ct.19, 1915.

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a lication filed July 12, 1910. Serial in). 571,605.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM J. Boom-a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth. in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Forming Boa-Toes on Shoes of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heating or drying apparatus for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes and will be herein disclosed as embodied in an apparatus designed particularly for heating or drying the toe portions of shoes. Apparatus of this general character has been used to a limited extent beret fore forthe purpose of dryin}: and hardening the box toes of McKay shoes before the last is pulled out of the "shoe preparatory to securing the outsole factoring cost of such devices. The manner in which it is" proposed to accomplish these objects will be clearly understood from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings. in which- Figure 1 1s a view in sideelevation of a shoe drying rack embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross ectional view through the rack shown in" is an end elevation of the rack shown in Fig. 1; and Fig 4 is a diagrammatic view showing one arrangement of connections for the heating units that are employed in the apparatus.

The apparatus shown is constructed in the form of a rack broadly similar to the racks employed in shoe factories for holding the shoes while they are being transported from one part of the factory to another, and comprises a pair of upright end supports 1 mounted on a suitable base and carrying a vertical series of pairsof bars 2. Each bar has projecting therefrom a series of out= standing pins 3, the pins being arranged in pairs and each pair being adapted to support a shoe between them in an inverted position. As shown in Fig. 2; the pins car- I Specification of Letters Patent.

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ried by each pair ofibars project in opposite directions so that they support the shoes on opposite sides of the rack with their toes extending toward each other and toward the middle of the rack.

. Each pair of bars 2 has resting thereon the bottom 1 of a :casing 5 which extends the entire length offthe rack and is provided with a flat top member 6 and side walls supporting it from the bottom 4. Preferably, a lining 7 ofheatginsulating material, such for instance asasbestos, is provided for the interior of the casing. A series of apertures 8 is formediin the opposite side walls of the casing 5, each aperture being shaped to receive the toe portion of a shoe when supported on one of the pairs of pins 3. The bottom of each casing is depressed to form a recess in which is mounteda heating medium or unit-'12. This medium may be of any suitable character but preferably is an electrically heated member. The construction shown: for purposes of explanation is of a usual type consisting of a core having a resistance wire 12 wound thereon. Current is carried to these units through suitable conductors 17 connectedto a main switch 16; one wire 16 extending from this switch being connected by'short leads 13 to one terminal of each of the units 12, while unit is further controlled by the switch 15.

By this arrangement any desired number of the units may beheated at one time and any combination desired may be obtained.

Air admission openings 10 are formed through the bottom 4 of each casing below the unit 12.

In using the apparatus the shoes are placed on the oppositely arranged shoe supports with their toes extending toward each 3 other and projecting through the apertures 8 into the respective casings 5, as indicated in dotted lines at the bottom of Fig. 2. The

' the other wire 15"., leading from the switch lining 7 of each casing preferably is ex-- tended to the edges of the opening 8 so that it will protect the shoe from abrasion.

Assuming the current to be turned on to the units 12, the air around each unit will be heated and will be directed by the. surrounding casing'on to the toes of the shoes projecting into it. It should be noted that the resistance unit 12 is located in the casing at a level below the levelof the shoes projecting into the casing. This arrangement is preferred since it causes the current of air,

flowing slowly through the holes 10 in the floor of the casing and becoming heated by the'unit 12, to rise and circulate around the toe. portions of the shoes before passing out of the toe receiving openings 8. Obviously,

also, this arrangement brings the toes of the shoes into the hottest portion of the casing. The casing, of course, protects the parts of v the shoes other than the toe portions from erence to said medium and constructed to support shoes with their toes extending to- ,ward each other into position to be heated by said medium, and means forming a part of said apparatus for protecting the parts of the shoes other than the toe portionsfrom the heat radiated by said heating medium.

2. An apparatus for drying shoes, 'comprising a heating medium, shoesupports 0p-' positely arranged with reference to said medium and constructed to support shoeswith their toes extending toward each other, and a casing arranged to inclose the toe portions of the shoes constructed and arranged to confine the application of air heated by said medium to the toe portions only of the shoes sustained by said supports.

. 3. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a casing having apertures in its opposite side walls shaped to receive the toe portions only of shoes, shoe supporting means positioned adjacent to said apertures, and means for heating the interior of said casing.

4. An apparatus 'of the character described, comprising an elongated casing having apertures in'its opposite side walls shaped to receive the toe portions only of shoes, shoe supporting means arranged to sustain shoes with their toes in said apertures, and a heating medium in said casing below the level at which the toe portions of the shoes project therein.

5. A. rack for drying the toe portions of shoes, comprising an elongated casing having a series of openingsin each of its opposite side Walls for the reception of the toe portions only of shoes, shoe supports positioned adjacent to said series of openings and constructed to sustain the shoes with their toes in said openings, and a heatingshoes, comprising an elongated casing having a' series of openings in each of its opposite walls for the reception of the toe portions only of shoes, shoe supports positioned adjacent to said series of openings and constructed to sustain the shoes with their toes in said openings, anda heating medium in said casing, the bottom of said casing being depressed to provide a recess in which said heating medium is located at a level below the toe receiving apertures.

7. An apparatus of the character described,comprising an elongated casing, a heating medium extending longitudinally of said casing, and shoe supports oppositely arranged with reference to said medium and constructed to support shoes with their toes extending toward said medium into position to be heatedthereby, said casing being constructed to confine the application of the air heated by said medium to the toe portions only of the shoes sustained by said supports. I In testimony whereof I afilx mysignature in presence of two, witnesses.

ADAM J. BUCH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. QUEsTEL, JOHN R. HUGHES. 

